[NEohioPAL] Auditions for "A View from the Bridge" Weathervane in Akron

[Jan Harcar]

Weathervane Playhouse

Akron OH

 

AUDITIONS BY APPOINTMENT

Call 330-836-2626*

 

A View from the Bridge

 

Drama by Arthur Miller

 

Audition Dates:

Sunday & Monday, January 16 & 17, 2011

Between 7 - 10 p.m.

 

*Please call (330-836-2626) to make your appointment before January 17.

Our business offices will be closed on Martin Luther King Day (Jan. 17).

 

Rehearsals begin 5 - 6 weeks before opening

 

Run Dates: March 24 - April 10, 2011

13 performances

 

Thursdays, March 24, 31, April 6 at 7:30 p.m.

Fridays, March 25, April 1, 8  at 8 p.m.

Saturdays, March 26, April 2, 9 at 8 p.m.

Sundays, March 27, April 3, 10 at 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 6 at 10:00 a,m.

 

PREPARATION

Please prepare TWO contrasting monologues

no more than 2-minutes in length (each).

 

Please bring your calendar with you to the auditions in order to declare outright any potential "conflict dates" that you may have. Conflicts reported after casting may result in re-casting.

 

 

Casting Requirements:

11 Men

3 Women

 

Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two brothers, illegal immigrants, Marco and Rodolfo. As one of them embarks on a romance with Catherine, Eddie's envy and delusion play out with devastating consequences.

 

Beatrice, Eddie's wife (age 25-45, Italian American)

 

Catherine, Eddie's niece (age 17)

 

Rodolpho (20s, Italian accent, sings)

 

Alfieri, a lawyer (age 35 -70)

 

Marco (30s, Italian accent)

 

Louis, a longshoreman

 

Mike, a longshoreman

 

Immigration Officers

 

Mr. Lipari, a middle aged butcher

 

Mrs. Lipari, the butcher's wife

 

Neighbors

 

 

DIRECTOR:

SEAN McCONAHA was the co-founding artistic director of the Bang and the Clatter Theatre Company, which performed in venues in both Akron and Cleveland between 2005 and 2010. He was a member of the Weathervane Playhouse professional staff from 1998 to 2006 as the director of education. He holds a bachelor's degree in theater performance and pre-law from West Virginia Wesleyan College and a master of arts degree in theater from the University of Akron. His previous Weathervane Playhouse directorial credits include Romeo and Juliet (in 2000), The King of the Kosher Grocers (in 2000), The Chosen (in 2002) A Lesson Before Dying (in 2004), Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (in 2005) and Angels in America: Perestroika (in 2006).

 

 

Weathervane Playhouse is committed to non-traditional casting.

Except in cases where race, gender, age or disability is essential to the play,

all roles will be cast on the basis of talent.

Janis Harcar
Director of Advancement
Weathervane Playhouse
330-836-2323 X16
www.weathervaneplayhouse.com
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